A quick and easy recipe for dates stuffed with a mixture of toasted walnuts and sesame seeds flavoured with cinnamon, orange zest and rose water. For the coating, I have used coconut flakes and pumpkin seeds, but any other nuts or seeds would work just fine here. They are great as a light dessert, a snack, or just anytime you feel like a nibble.

70 g Walnuts, toasted

30 g Sesame seeds, toasted

1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder

20 g Brown sugar

1/2 tsp Orange zest

1-2 tsp Rose water

10 g Coconut oil, melted

30 Lightly dried dates, pitted

30 g Coconut flakes

40 g Pumpkin seeds, finely chopped

Toast walnuts, and sesame seeds in a dry skillet until fragrant, about 5 minutes, and then remove them from the heat and set aside to cool.

Place walnuts, sesame, cinnamon, sugar and orange zest in a coffee grinder. Process until you have a thick paste. Turn the paste into a bowl and stir in rose water.

Fill each date with about a teaspoon of nut mixture. Brush with melted coconut oil and coat with coconut flakes or chopped pumpkin seeds.

I make these to go in my Christmas box of cookies I give. They really are wonderful accompaniments with combinations of nuts of coconut to balance the sweetness of the dates. The quote was definitely something my mother would have said--thank you for bringing back a memory, XOXO

Dear Angie, This brings back memories. It is task I was given as a little girl to stuff the dates for the holiday dinner. These little treats are both healthy and delicious. Blessings dear. Catherine xo

Love your stuffed dates, Angie. Lora has a container of beautiful dates sitting on her kitchen counter, and it's almost all gone...all of us snacking on it. Such a great and simple method to prepare these delicious dates with the walnuts, an roll them into the flake coconuts...yumm:)xo

Angie, I was surprised to see this post. In the middle east stuffed dates with nuts, and at times they stuff it with chocolate and then roll it in chocolate powder, are served in royal families weddings! This is very popular in Gulf countries, so thanks for the royal treat :)

With these around I think I would feel a lot like nibbling! Very nice. I recently tried a recipe with dates stuffed with a candied orange peel, an almond and the whole thing dipped in chocolate. I liked it ok but think this sounds so much better. Very nice Angie.

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